Youbert Shlimon () was an Assyrian political activist who would be one of the two founding members of Zowaa, the other being

Yousip Toma Yousip Toma () was an Assyrian Political activist who would be one of the two founding members of Zowaa, the other being Youbert Shlimon. Early life Yousip was born in 1951 in Kirkuk, His parents came from the village of Blijani in the Dohuk ...

Early life

Youbert was born in 1954 in Habbanyiah. He graduated from Baghdad Technical College with a bachelor's degree in

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and later used his degree while working as an

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Political career

His political efforts began in 1971 in

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. He was arrested by Baathist authorities in Baghdad on 13 July 1984, based on information provided by some traitors within the Assyrian community. While in jail he was subjected to various physical and psychological tortures but still refused to cave-in to his captors' demands of denying his ideals and releasing information on his fellow nationalists. Fellow members of Zowaa

and Youkhana Jajo also endured torture at the same time as him. All three where executed by the Baath regime on 3 February 1985 by hanging without a legal trial; the three Assyrians were reportedly executed by the Baath regime for distributing literature against the Arabization policies of the government.

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